starving4rtist
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Starting up a thread to document my (now complete!) detention block camera build. It's been a really long build, but I've learned a ton along the way.
This one started back in 2018 when I discovered that these were built from Paterson Trident slide viewer. I picked one up for a great price on Etsy and decided to mold and cast it.
My first mold completely failed because the silicone stuck to the glass lens (I had no idea silicone stuck to glass!), so the one pictured here is my second mold. I used rebound 25 and a fiberglass mother mold which worked quite well.
I ended up casting these as a single piece, but cast the lens portion in onyx so that it could just be polished up.
Picking the right color was a chore. I went through several options before landing on Humbrol 48 gloss enamel.
...to be continued!
This one started back in 2018 when I discovered that these were built from Paterson Trident slide viewer. I picked one up for a great price on Etsy and decided to mold and cast it.
My first mold completely failed because the silicone stuck to the glass lens (I had no idea silicone stuck to glass!), so the one pictured here is my second mold. I used rebound 25 and a fiberglass mother mold which worked quite well.
I ended up casting these as a single piece, but cast the lens portion in onyx so that it could just be polished up.
Picking the right color was a chore. I went through several options before landing on Humbrol 48 gloss enamel.
...to be continued!
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